There was no significant difference between the surgical and nonsurgical groups in terms of sex, age, ECOG score, preoperative antiviral therapy, TBIL, ALB, ALT, PT, AFP, PIVKA-II, tumor diameter, number of tumors >3, type III PVTT, BCLC stage, Child-Pugh score, and local treatment (P > .05). Here, AFP is linked to neoplasm.